Aegon was one of the worst-performing stocks in the region,
slumping 7.8 percent after the Dutch insurer reported
worse-than-expected first-quarter underlying pretax profit of
462 million euros ($527.19 million).

Credit Agricole also fell 3.6 percent after the
French bank reported a 71 percent fall in first-quarter net
income.

The FTSEurofirst 300 index is down by around 9 percent so
far in 2016, with global stock markets having been impacted by
concerns about weakness in China, the world's second-biggest
economy. ($1 = 0.8763 euros)
(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta; Editing by Atul Prakash)